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Stopped the entry of Chinese immigrantes into the United States for ten years
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More rescrictive acts were passed in 1888 and 1891
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Limited the annual number of immigrants from each nationality to 3 percent of the number of foreign-born persons of that nationality who were living in the United States in 1910.
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Established a new quota system for each nationality and set a limit on the total number of immigrants to be allowed entry at all.
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Eliminated quotas based on national origin.
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Imposed severe penalties on empolyers who willfully hired illegal aliens.
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Illegal aliens who could prove that they had been in this country continuously for al least five years coulod apply to obtain temporary legal residency status.
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Revised several other acts, including an act passed in 1965.
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The act put into effect a number of provision to stem illegal immigration. One provision of the act would have forced hundreeds of thousands of illegal immigrants and refugees to leave the US.
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Prohibited immigrants, including legal immigrants who are not yet citizens, from recieiving most forms of public assistance, uncluding welfare benefits.
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A new policy was revised in 1997. Under the new pocily, many refugees automatically became eligible for permanent legal residence.
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This denied public social services, publicly funded health care, and public education to people who were suspected of being illegal aliens.
